an auralvisual experience
BRUSH|REED is a collaboration between artist and musician to explore the parallels of painting and sound through live performance. BRUSH|REED engages an audience through color, pitch, representational lines, rhythm, intensity and expression: an auralvisual experience.
“This is the unique kind of performance that highlights how the performing and visual arts are inextricably connected and shines a light on how the collaborative process of the creation of art, whether sonic or visual, is what connects us all as humans”
Brad Fuster chair Buffalo State Music Department
“This is the unique kind of performance that highlights how the performing and visual arts are inextricably connected and shines a light on how the collaborative process of the creation of art, whether sonic or visual, is what connects us all as humans”
Brad Fuster chair Buffalo State Music Department
The music is inspired by the artist and the artist is inspired by the music
The artists join together to explore the parallels between painting and music via live stage performances. Jennifer transforms the printed notes of her musical score into lush soundscapes, Linnea further interprets the music into visual color and form on her fresh canvas.The live art that blooms at every BRUSH|REED performance captivates and moves audiences. The paintings that emerge establish a visual memory of the sights, sounds, and emotions of each intimate affair, impressing upon each audience member a feeling of symbiosis between the two disciplines presented to them.
History
BRUSH|REED was conceived in the Summer of 2008 on a warm, humid afternoon in Minneapolis, when the painter and musician—both originally from the area and friends since 1995—were brainstorming a way to fuse their respective arts. BRUSH|REED emerged as an experience designed to cross disciplines, unite their passions, and highlight the close relationship between music and visual arts for audiences around the world.
Linnea & Jennifer set an original goal of ten to twelve engagements that would ultimately culminate into a traveling exhibit featuring each of the original paintings, audio recordings, and a video presentation of the performances.
To date, BRUSH|REED has conducted twenty-eight performances and three workshops:
Linnea & Jennifer set an original goal of ten to twelve engagements that would ultimately culminate into a traveling exhibit featuring each of the original paintings, audio recordings, and a video presentation of the performances.
To date, BRUSH|REED has conducted twenty-eight performances and three workshops:
- February 1, 2009 | Providence College, Providence, RI
- September 25, 2009 | Boston University, Boston, MA
- July 5, 2011 | Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
- July 10-15, 2012 | St. Andrews, Fife, SCOTLAND
- October 22, 2013 | Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY
- October 23, 2013 | Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
- May 27, 2014 | United States Consulate Hong Kong & Macau, HONG KONG
- June 1, 2014 | Hong Kong City Hall, HONG KONG
- March 11, 2015 | Honey, Minneapolis, MN
- July 11, 2016 | Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
- October 19, 2017 | University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
- October 20, 2017 | University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- October 22, 2017 | Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- September 18, 2018 | Boston University, Boston, MA
- May 23, 2019 | Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- February 21, 2020 | Eastern Connecticut State University, Windham, CT
- May 17, 2020 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- May 31, 2020 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- June 21, 2020 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- July 12, 2020 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- July 26, 2020 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- August 9, 2020 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- March 21, 2021 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- May 13, 2022 | Newburyport Arts Association, Newburyport, MA
- May 14, 2022 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA
- March 12, 2023 | Twitch Live-Stream, Minneapolis/Boston
- March 31, 2023 | North American Saxophone Alliance Conference at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
- September 27, 2023 | Boston University Fringe Festival, Boston, MA
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